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ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

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First Line: AGAINST THE GREEN FLAME OF THE HAWTHORN-TREE
Last Line: BENEATH HER PURPLE FEATHER.
Subject(s): HAMPSTEAD HEATH, LONDON;
Against the green flame of the hawthorn-tree,
His scarlet tunic burns;
And livelier than the green sap's mantling glee
The Spring fire tingles through him headily
As quivering he turns

And stammers out the old amazing tale
Of youth and April weather;
While she, with half-breathed jests that, sobbing, fail,
Sits, tight-lipped, quaking, eager-eyed and pale,
Beneath her purple feather.



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